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How can anyone not be interested in owning ARM? Whoever controls that company can decide who's allowed to make processors that run consumer facing software (su
by solarkraft 6y ago
How can anyone not be interested in owning ARM?
Whoever controls that company can decide who's allowed to make processors that run consumer facing software (sure, RISC V might present a threat in the long term, but it's a good decade out).
Of course that would be a nightmare for every other licensee (which is why I'm hoping for the IPO), but the potential gain is immense, isn't it? Or are the licenses so nice they're safe regardless of who owns the company?
- numbsafari 6y agoOne word: antitrust.
- anoncareer0212 6y agoyour 2nd sentence is a zen answer to the first sentence reminds me the old Eric Schmidt quote about how YouTube was cheap because it was expensive - had a ton of legal liability and a ton of engineering work required to meet the needs of rights owners
- jpalomaki 6y ago$32 billion price tag might be a turn-off for many. Getting a new home from non-neutral buyer might cause licensees to start looking for alternatives.
- imtringued 6y agoThere is no value in owning ARM for its licensees other than engaging in non competitive practices against its other licensees. That means you need to have 32 billion dollars to burn with the expectation of never getting them back in a way that can be attributed to the ARM acquisition. The potential gain is pretty slim because the only way a licensee can extract value from the purchase is by destroying ARM which negates the entire purpose of an acquisition.